"Everyone wants to work within 20 mins of their house" -

JCI Nagpur Green City is launching www.thebigjobs.com - a complete job placement system, in association with JC Vinay Yadav's VinayRas Infotech.

Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) by small and medium enterprises is an act in which an organization contributes to its employees, their families and society at large by means of welfare & training programs.

CSR should be looked upon as an investment in an asset rather than an expense. Brands or products which sell are not only judged by price or quality but also by the companies that produce them.

In 2002 PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.pwc.com/) survey of 1,200 business leaders found that 70% of CEO agrees that CSR is vital to the profitability of any company.

NEW DELHI: The opposition to organised retail has claimed its first victim. Reliance Retail is likely to hand out termination letters to 1,000-odd employees of Reliance Fresh stores in UP in the course of this week as it prepares to formally exit the state.

Bowing to mass opposition from local shopkeepers, the company will also close down 20 Reliance Fresh stores in Noida and Ghaziabad. A company insider said that Reliance Retail was being forced to exit UP owing to what he described as the “vindictive approach” of the state government.

(PRLog.Org) – Sep 18, 2007 – Varanasi : eBay India, India’s leading online marketplace, hosted an event today aimed at evangelizing eCommerce to residents of the holy city of Varanasi. Mr. Ambareesh Murty, Director – Marketplace Development, eBay India spoke on the global entrepreneurship opportunities presented by the eBay platform for Indian sellers. eBay Global Trade Seller & Varanasi resident Mr. Neeraj Agarwal was also felicitated on the occasion by Mr. Murty.

Reliance juggernaut moves on into the most populous state of the country, Uttar Pradesh. While ten Reliance ‘Fresh’ stores are going on stream in Lucknow today, 14 more are slated to open in Varanasi on the 27 August, 2007. Not surprisingly, this move of Reliance Retail, the retail arm of Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Group, like in other states (notably Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh), has also earned wrath of the Samajwadi party affiliated local traders, who ransacked two of its outlets in Lucknow and Varanasi.

Lanco Infratech Ltd has received letter of acceptance from Airports Authority of India awarding the Company the work for the Construction of a new Terminal Building at Varanasi Air Port at negotiated amount of Rs 82.39 Crores.

Indian IT market is growing very well. Current survey from DataQuest has revealed a 35% plus growth. This seems to be good trend. In my opinion - 2007, and 2008 is going to have even better results. Lets wait and watch.

Read the news / survey at:

http://www.ciol.com/content/180798723.aspx

NEW DELHI: The sunrise Indian IT industry recorded a growth of 32 per cent in rupee terms, in fiscal 2006-`07, to cross the $50 billion mark, according to a survey by Dataquest magazine. The industry growth in dollar terms was at 30 per cent.

Microsoft on Thursday said it has acquired Stratature, a privately held master data management (MDM) specialist. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Microsoft and Alpharetta, Ga.-based Stratature already were partners, but the Redmond, Wash., software giant said the acquisition will accelerate its delivery of MDM technology via its SQL Server, Business Intelligence and SharePoint groups.

LUCKNOW: The Kashi Vishwanath Temple is now going global. Devotees in any part of the world would soon be able to seek blessings of the Lord in form of vibhuti, a rudraksha bead, a photograph of the temple Shivlinga and a copy of the Shiv-Chalisa by a click of the mouse and courtesy of the postal department. Department of posts, UP is going to launch a special website where prominent items found or manufactured in UP will be sold.

VARANASI: While many political parties in Uttar Pradesh perceive the State as a big political theatre divided on communal lines, it is industries like Banarasi Sari industry that play a vital role in reducing the impact of communal divide said Shyam Kumar Panday, a Banarasi sari merchant here on April 21.

A visit to any Banarasi sari-weaving unit in Varanasi showcases Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs contribute at the workplace without making religion an issue.